dr. benjamin.k the 1964 report is so pivotal, as we look back today, it also shows us that government can play a role in changing behavior and a positive way in terms of improving the health of its citizens. 1965 cigarette packs required carrying warning labels and then 1969, warnings on television and they started to restrict areas in restaurants. it does show there is a role for government to play. >> a major role for government to play. it's also a role for everyone to play. but what we started to do with these policies and changes little by little, with the help of foundations and others as well government was to start to changes social norms. the social norms was that it was okay, it was good. we started to show the evidence that it wasn't. putting these small policies in place, having no smoking areas in restaurants. now we have no smoking areas. to see this today, i'm here in las vegas today to speak to a medical conference and to walk through those casinos and smell the smoke, i can't help

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dr. regina benjamin: cigarette smoke causes immediate damage that leads to health problems, even death. ing replaced by a new generation of smokers. i'm dr. regina benjamin, united states surgeon general. go to cdc.gov. learn how to make our next generation tobacco-free. >> henry hudson was an english explorer who discovered one of america's most treasured islands. now a replica of his ship serves as a floating museum. i got to take a tour. >> in april 1609, henry hudson set sail from europe. he was looking for a shortcut to the orient and found new york city instead. to honor the explorer, a replica of his famous ship, the half moon, was built. let's take a look inside. captain reynolds, tell me what is so special about the half moon. >> well, this is the first european ship that documented entry into and exploration of the hudson river, and it sailed here in 1609, and within a handful of years, you had dutch beaver traders here and the development of new netherland, which was the dutch colony based on commerce and trade that extended from central connecticut all the way to delaware. >>

dr. regina benjamin: cigarette smoke causes immediate damage that leads to health problems, even death. or die are being replaced by a new generation of smokers. i'm dr. regina benjamin, united states surgeon general. go to cdc.gov. learn how to make our next generation tobacco-free. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good wednesday morning. it is 4:28. we thank you for joining us. >> i am kristen sze. shuffle this morning to start on wednesday. >> we will see how the paper airplane flies as the moisture builds up. >> there is moisture out there. you probably had to use your windshield wipers. the fog is in hayward 2.5 miles. 1.25 miles visibility at half moon bay. three miles visibility in santa rosa. it will get thicker through the rush. but no rain yet. from our camera on the roof, scattered showers are possible in the north bay. the rest of us have scattered sprinkles and the coast will hang around 60 degrees. now the commute. leyla gulen? >> we starting off with an accident if daly city before you get to san francisco. it is going to be in the southbou

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dr. benjamin rush against king george at the risk of being trekkers hide a society to end slavery in 1773 in the continental congress -- sorry, and the constitution convention, much debate was given to ending slavery. that's the founding fathers of which 39 times the cons to to shame. so, i hear you in your speech continually, continually talking about race. i don't see the race factor, unless like jesse jackson, jesse jackson wants to make some money off of the continuing race card. so i tell you a story. when i was in new orleans during katrina relief, so i met this lady at the desk and she helped us out. every night for seven, eight, we had good conversations. on sunday, her husband came to pick her up. she introduced me to her husband. i went over to talk to them. right out obama? i listed my out of his mouth twd you vote for obama? i listed my reasons why. issue after issue after issue. by the way, i started with clinton. rush was not my favorite either because as a property owner i keep losing rights. as an employer i keep losing rights. i will also draw to the attention that bush w

dr. benjamin franklin 1773 against king george at the risk of being traitors had a society to end slaveryal congress congress, in the constitutional convention convention, much debate was given to anteing slavery. that is the 56 founding fathers out of 39 that signed the constitution. so i hear you in your speech continually, continually talk about race. i don't see the race factor among us, like jesse jackson he wants to make money of the continuance of race. i will tell you a story during katrina relief. i met a lady at the desk and she helped us and for every night for eight nights we had good conversations then her husband came to pick her up. she introduced me to her husband and a first thing out of his mouth he said did you vote for a obama? is assisted by but as a property right keeps losing rights. and i started with clinton even bush was controlled by the democrats in control of the house and senate. he could not get anything done. it is there issue. so talk about the issues we did not vote for obama because he was blocked by the -- black i said no it was issues. but i said to yo

[applause] i also want to welcome two of our former surgeon general's, regina benjamin and dr.avid satcher. stand and be recognized. they played very important roles in pushing this effort forward. we also have ambassador michael froman with us today. he is our trade ambassador. thank you for being here. [applause] mitch zeller who heads up the tobacco -- anti-tobacco efforts i should say in the fda. [applause] leaders special health close advisers to me on a regular basis to work on this issue for a very long time. we both have a chance to hear from them but i want to make sure you know they are here. the deputy sick -- secretary of health and human services bill corr. [applause] and the general counsel of the department of health and human services will scholz -- bill schultz. i can tell you the two bills make sure this item stays very focused in our department. you will have a chance to hear from dr. howard koh who is our .ssistant secretary of health lushniak who is the acting surgeon general. they are incredibly involved leaders in this whole process. we have made a lot of

dr. as a fundamental difference about how much of the nuclear program will be allowed to continue. the basic issue of enrichment, benjamin has said absolutely no enringment, we want no centrifuges whatsoever. and there are many that support that. so how is that key thing going to be resolved? is there going to be some small amount, because i don't think he can accept a deal that has no enrichment at all, so there's aiding tear this will unravel. >> syria the other big story. a lot of back and forth there as to what would happen. where do you think things are going be syria? he seems to be turning over, but he keeps killing his people? >> absolutely. i don't think chemical weapons were a part of the conflict. most of that more than 100,000 syrians were killed with conventional weapons. getting involved with syria, which the u.s. doesn't want to do because it had no end game, and i think essentially what we have seen now is on the battlefield. >> one final international story, egypt. the problems there u.s. policy in turmoil that's the region's most important nation. after the military deposed the first elected president,

dr. price thinks thousands of clark's and newtons have been brought to the world she wrote. to the she added an opinion of her own. benjamin franklin knew and his sister knew even better but very few ever broke through 300 seeds to make one at home, 17 children of josiah franklin, how many? very few, barely none, only one or possibly two. jane franklin died in 1794. what remains of her life lacks her "book of ages" is stored and archived in boston. her spectacles did not survive. of the hundreds of letters more than half have been lost and the rest are here in philadelphia. the bulk of correspondence between benjamin and jane franklin surfaced in the years 1928 when 59 letters were auctioned by socrates in london. in 1948 the year the letters were auctioned virginia will turned to the question. she just finished writing orlando appeared at either frieda took a theme she had long wrestled with especially in the lives of the obscure meditation bookshelves faded out of date obsolete libraries biographies of nobody's. wolf wrote the obscure sleep on the wall slouching against each other as if they were too drowsy to stand upri